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5. MELLEY Jammu., 3HE,

FISHING GAME Filed April l1, 1946 ATTORNEYS Patented `lan. 31? 195()UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISHING GAME Edmund Sheldon Kelley,Lincolnton, Ga.

Application April 11, 1946, Serial No. 661,450

1 Claim.

The invention relatesto a game playing assembly, and more especially toa fishing game apparatus.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus ofthis character, wherein a box like receptacle has a top area eiecting animitative shing locality for the acquiring of miniature items coniinedwithin and concealed from view in the receptacle, through fishingtactics by competitive players of a game of fishing as carried outthrough the use of the apparatus, thus affording amusement andentertainment to the player participants.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus of thischaracter, wherein the same in its entirety is novel in construction andunique in the assembly of component parts thereof, so that those playingthe game will have surprises and enjoyment during the progress of thegame by imitative fishing maneuvering in the use of the apparatus.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus of-this character, wherein variable items can be acquired by fishingtactics of the players of the game as played by the said apparatus, andthe results being fascinating and jubilant to participants in theplaying of the game.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an apparatusof this character, which is comparatively simple in construction, neatin appearance, attractive in the playing of the game thereby, affordingamusement to the young and elders and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention, andpointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the apparatus constructed in accordancewith the invention;

Figure 2 is a side edge elevation, partly broken away thereof;

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the lower body section of theapparatus detached from its upper section.

Figure 4 is a deployed view in perspective of a group of playing piecesused in the playing of a game by the apparatus.

Figure 5 is an elevation of one of a series of fishing poles employed inthe game played by the apparatus.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the game apparatus in its entiretyconstituting the present invention, comprises a box like recpetacle orcasing generally denoted at A, and includes a bottom body section lincluding a lower panel and a top covering section l l having an upperpanel, respectively, the latter detachably telescopes over the bottomsection I0, and in this condition creates an interior compartment I2 tothe receptacle. At each siding i3 to the bottom section lll are spacedcrosswise aligned holes i4 preferably located at the transverse centerof such section, while carried by the siding l5 of the top section ilfor registry with a hole lll is a latching stud or lug i6 for detachableengagement therein so that these sections lil and Il will be separablyfastened together, as best seen .in Figure 2 of the drawing.

Rising from the transverse median of the sidextension wings l'l, whichare passed through clearances therefor provided in the top section I l,

so as to rise above the upper surface I8 of the latter in a verticalupstanding position. Each face confronting the surface i8 of each wingIl is adapted to display a boat and fishermen therein, not shown, eachsherman being posed as.` in the act of shing, through the use of a shingline, from the area of the surface i8, which is colored to be imitativeof a body of water as a fishing zone.

Built upon the surface I8 next to each wing Il is a rack I9 of a size toaccommodate a play directing chart 20, which bears spaced columnarnumerically arranged digits 2l, ranged from the numeral l to adetermined greater numeral, as for example: 51 yet it may be of agreater numerical value, selectively. At opposite sides of each rack i9are laterally directed identifying traps 22 and 23 respectively, onebeingI titled Junk pile and the other Fish box, for the placement ofarticles or items accordingly therein by competitive players of a gameplayed by the apparatus by iishing tactics required thereby.

Provided in the top section il at the surface IB thereof is a series orgroup of spaced circular holes 2li, with counterbores providingcounterseating shouldered edges 25, and adapted to cover such holes areremovable disks 26, for releasable seating on the shoulder edges 25, thedisks being identified at their outermost exposed faces with numerals 27which coincide with those appearing in the charts 2G, and by arrangementof the disks such numerals are allocated in hap-hazard fashionthroughout the area of the surface I8 or in other Words they are not innumerical appearing order with respect thereto.

Hung from each of the disks t6 to be conned Within the compartment IZand concealed by the receptacle A within the same is an irni tativespecies of an item or article, generally denoted at B, which may beminiature of an image of a live sh, snake, tree branch, heat, hearicap,turtle, other Water creatures or anything or kind, and this item orarticle is suspended from a hanger 28 which is threaded through a slit29 in the disk 25 carrying the same, and from this hanger there risesabove the said disk a ring or loop 3Q, which is designed yto standupwardly therefrom for the engagement thereof.

Each player of the gaine through the use ci the apparatus is suppliedwith a fishing pole 3l having a catching tip 32, so that when operated.manually it will hook a ,ring or loop dil for the catching of a diskandthe raising thereof from the hole covered thereby, for extracting andthe catch of an image, item or article B suspended from such f. andpreviously conu fined. Within the receptacle A, as a fishing a* d.

The apparatus-,further .involves a deck or play- ,.ing cards, eachidentified at 33. and provided with `a Window 3N, located at adetermined area thereof, and .fdiierently disposed with respect to othersimilar cards of a group assigned to a given. player from the deckthereof. This windenY is located in the card to expose separately a sinle numeral 2i appearing on the chart when this particular card is placedin matching rela- 3,1-,

Ation over the latter. By reversing a card the holder thereof has theprivilege of the execution of two plays in connection with the chart 2dassigned to a player of the game in the use oi the apparatus. had in thenumber of cards 33 up a playing deck thereof comparable with the largerange of disk numerals 2l as spread upon the top surface i8 of the topsection il of the receptacle A.

In this manner a reduction is When a player of the game has beensupplied with a group of playing cards 33 from the deck, after shufflingor reshuilling thereof, he places a selected card of the group on to thechart E!! under assignment thereof, and the Window 3d will expose adetermined numeral 2i of this chart, which identifies a like numeral ona disk 26 that must be fished hy such player, by the pole 3i in thepossession of the latter, whence under extraction of vrthe disk caught,the item or article carried thereby, will be the award to this player.Now, the winner of the game, is he or she acquiring the larger number ofawards by catch from the receptacle A, particularly the fish specie.

When the dealt cards have been spent by all participant `players of thegame of fishing, the game having come to an end: The cards arereshuilied for a repeat game or another game. The awards acquired by theplayers are deposited yin the traps 22 and 2.3 as controllanti' therespective players,

What is claimed is:

a game board., `the combination which ,oomprises a hollew rectangular`shaped casing having spaced upper and lower panels onnected by side endwy is, thepsaid upper panel having spaced openings therein, closurespositioned .in the said openings, `loops .extended upwardly trein saidclosures by the Vclosures may oe raised from the openings, articlespositioned the casing and suspended from the closureaand trapspositioned on each side of the game board for the placement of articlestherein.

EDMUND SHELDON REFERENCES CITED The following references are of v.recordin the file of this patent:

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